Although I haven’t been blogging my journey as often as I would to have liked, that does not mean my pledge is not going well. A few weeks ago I decided that although my pledge did involve being an active citizen it was fairly surface level.
I have decided to tweak my pledge to reflect my views a little more closely. I have broader my pledge from strictly multiple sclerosis to include many diseases and be more responsive and open to the thought that many diseases and disabilities are silent or invisible.
A lot of the time individuals with ‘invisible’ diseases or disabilities are thought of as less than, they are labelled as faking it, or that there is actually nothing wrong with them. My pledge 2.0 will include getting more information about how to not judge or assume things about people unless you know, as well as how this would look or help a classroom and the community.
Taylor Gamracy 
I love your pledge! I have been dealing with Multiple Sclerosis for 16 years now. I have definitely had ups and downs but the last month I have been going through the worst flare up I have had in the entire 16 years. I have been out of work and “friends” I thought I had talked very negative about me while I was out. It is crazy how many people do not understand illness, especially the “invisible” illness. It is really sad. But, I do appreciate your pledge and wish more would do this!!! I hope you are having a good weekend and I look forward to more of your posts!!!
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Hi Alyssa,
I am sorry to hear about your flare up last month and hope you are doing a little better. I personally do not have MS, but my family is very closely impacted by the disease. This is just one disease of many that is hidden and people do not understand its impact when simply looking at someone.
I am hoping to bring this knowledge and understanding into my future classrooms to share the empathy and understanding with my future students about invisible dieseased and disabilities!
Thanks for the support 🙂
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